Grain separator



March 26, 1929.

F. M. KELLIE 1,706,87

GRAIN SEPARATOR v Filed Jan. 29, 1925 Patented Mar. 2,26,A 1929.

UNITED STA TEsf PAT emula SEPARATOR.

Applcationled January 29, 1925. SerialfNo. 5,604. y

The invention relates vto grain separating devices, Jreferably of the portable type, and particularly adapted for separating grain into'various sizes, however adaptedfor use in connection with various kinds of seed.

A further object is to provide a grain separating device comprising a bin, a `blower fan adjacent one side thereof and` provided- Y with an upwardly extending discharge pipe,

into which grain is discharged from a grain bin into the pathof a blast of air from the blower, and Vwhich grain is forced upwardly through the discharge pipe over-'partitions forming discharge conduits at different eler' vations whereby grain of different sizes will be graded according to size.

A fui-"ther Vobject is to provide at the lower discharge end of one of the conduits a weighdevice, which discharges into a bin havin" a rotatable feed worin, which forces the gr in thro-ughapipe which discharges into a conduit ofthe discharge pipe from the blower whereby the graded grain may be discharged wherever desired bythe force ofthe biruver.V

A further object is to drive the blower and the feed worin from a single source of power.

A further object is to provide atthe lower end of one of the conduits a downwardly extending trough having a screened partition therein, and into which conduit and trough unthreshed grain and trash is dis-v char;1 -Q and separated by the screen and conveyed bins. n

.Vs/lith thel above and otherfobjects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise enibodi nient of the invention may be niade within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the yspirit of the invention.

In the drawing z- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine, showing the discharge spout and a portion of the body of the devicein vertical longitudinal section. y

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view tal'ccn on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 8 isV a horizontal' sectionaly view talrzen Online 3--3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1v designates the body of the machine, in which. grain to be separated is disposed. Disposed adjacent the side of the body 1 is a conventional form of centrifugal blower fan r2, which is driven bythe pulley 3, over which the drive belt 4 extends. The drive belt t mayv lead to any suitable source of power.

Extending.rearwardly and upwardly from the fan 2 is a discharge pipe 5,. into which' grain from the body of bin 1 is fed by means of the feed screw 6, which feed screw is car-k ried by the shaft 7 extending through the discharge pipe 5, and is drivenby means of the pulley 8, over which the belt 9 extends. The belt 9 extends over a pulley 10 carried by the fan drive shaft 11, on which the pulley 3 is mounted, therefore it will be seen that as the fan is rotated, 'the feed screw 6 will alsobe rotated for feeding grain into the lowerend of the discharge pipe2. l,

" The dischargepipe 5 is provided-with a plurality of" passages 12 and .13,fandv the n 1,706,787g EN-roFFlcE- g grain. isl forced upwardly by the blast of air through the' passage 13 into'the enlarged portion 14 of the dischargep'ipe, and the blast of air is suiiici'ently strong, `whereby the heavy grain will be elevated tothe top 15 of the partition 16, and will drop vrdownwardly into the passage 17, and .into the weighing machine 18 after lthe slide 19 is removed. p through the weighing machine, which `Inachine is of conventional structure, is discharged into the bin 20, and thence forced through the pipe 21, which discharges into the passage 12, and from which passage said grain may beconveyed'to any suitable place of discharge by removing the slide door 22, and allowing the blast of air to pass up-r wardly through the passage 21. Thebin 2() in which the feed screw 23, isdisposed, may be of any suitable size, however the feed screw 23 is provided with a pulley 24,]over which a belt 25 extends, and which belt extends over the pulley, consequently allrof the working parts of the device are driven fromv a single source. of power. Unseparated grain, that is light grain and chaff is forced upwardly until it is forced voverrthel upper end 26 of the partition 27 and into thedischarge passage 28,`and through jwhich pas# sage it passes into the chute 29, which chute is divided by ineans of ascreen -into chambers 31 and 82. The light grain will pass through the screen 80 into the passage 32 ,and will be discharged into the bin 33, while the chaff willl be discharged through the chute 34 into the bin 35 or to any other The heavier grain after passingv suitable place. A portion of the chaff and other foreign matteil will be blown upwardly into the upperend ot the pipe 5 at 3G. By providing the sliding door 22, loss of power from the blast of air may be obviated during a separating operation when the passage l2 is not in use. However the blower 2 is preferably provided with a damper 37 whereby the amount of air entering the tan through the intake opening 38 may be varied.

From theabove it will be seen that a. grain separating device is provided, which is simple'in construction, positive in its operation and one wherein grain will be sepa# rated and graded accordingl to the size thereof. It willalso be seen that chatli and other foreign matter will be separa-ted 'trom the grain and light particles discharged with the ehali', for instance dirt and the like.

The invention having been set torth what is claimed as new and useful is l. A grain separating device comprising a bin, a blower tan, a discharge pipe eX- tending upwardly from said blower tan and provided with a plurality ot air passages, a feed screw for feeding grainv Jfrom the bin into the discharge pipe,4said discharge pipe adjacent its upper end being provided with a downwardly extending passage into which heavy grain drops, a bin at the lower end of the downwardly extending passage, means for discharging grain from this bin into one of the passages ot' the pipe opposite the bin whereby said grain can be conveyed and discharged by the blower and means tor operating said blower, feed screw and conveying means carried by the bin from a. single source oi power. Y 2. A grain separator comprising a bin, a blower i''an, a discharge pipe carried by said lower fan and extending upwardly, said discharge pipe being provided with a 1plurality ot' partitionsot'dillerent height thereby iorining downwardly extending grain passages, a bin. at the lower end of one of the downwardly extending passages, means :tor conveying grain from said hin into 'a discharge passage ot the pipe, one o1c said discharge passages terminating in a-downwai-diy inclined discharge trough, said discharge trough being divided into chambers and bins into which material from said last named chambers discharge. Q

:tn testimony whereof l hereunto aliix my signature.

FRANCIS M. KELLTE. 

